Rantor, founding member of the International League of Luddites, headquartered in South Austin, Texas 78704, celebrates National Indignation Week every day of the year.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Signs of the season

The pecan leaves are starting to fall in earnest. Three stalks with fat buds have shot up overnight, from sunset to sunrise, on one of the clumps of paperwhite narcissus bulbs dumped out of the pot years ago after being forced to bloom indoors. The air is heavy with the scent of loquat blossoms and honeybees swarm them.